1. 5 Themes of AP World History
Know the themes of world history to better analyze societies

2. Social Political Interaction with environment Culture Economics
5 themes Acronym - SPICE
Social Political Interaction with environment Culture Economics

3. Social--Development and transformation of social structures
• Gender roles and relations
• Family and kinship
• Racial and ethnic constructions
• Social and economic classes

4. Political--State-building, expansion, and conflict
• Political structures and forms of governance
• Empires
• Nations and nationalism
• Revolts and revolutions
• Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations

5. Interaction between humans and the environment
• Demography and disease
• Migration
• Patterns of settlement
• Technology

6. Cultural--Development and interaction of cultures
• Religions
• Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
• Science and technology
• The arts and architecture

7. Economic--Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
• Agricultural and pastoral production
• Trade and commerce
• Labor systems
• Industrialization
• Capitalism and socialism